Weekly Devo: Our Backs to the Future

Weekly Devo: Our Backs to the Future

I vividly recall in the 60’s sitting around the kitchen table while my older brother, Dave, an AT&T engineer, preached of a coming communication revival. He spoke of a new telephone technology. He went on to devote his entire career assisting in the development of...
Weekly Devo: Idiosyncrasies

Weekly Devo: Idiosyncrasies

Recently I was invited to speak at the funeral of someone with whom, as a pastor, I had been acquainted only on a professional level. I was self-consciously aware that many of those attending the memorial service were much closer to her than I had ever been. Memorial...
Weekly Devo: I Hit A Cow

Weekly Devo: I Hit A Cow

I’m not normally overly chatty in restaurants, but there’s something about sitting at a lunch counter that encourages conversation Recently, a guy next to me and I talked about the drought.  I enjoyed the banter, even though it was only the weather. But I couldn’t...
Weekly Devo: Our Backs to the Future

Weekly Devo: Freshen Up

The only thing “fresh” about the limestone house with its gambrel roof were the blue hydrangea bouquets that graced the pockmarked breakfast table. That table, like the rest of the furnishings in the lakefront bed and breakfast, was too new to qualify as antique but...